Learning Strategies in Japanese Foreign Language Instruction. Final Report.

Chamot, Anna Uhl; And Others

A 3-year study on Japanese language instruction is reported. The project included the following: investigation of the feasibility of teaching high school and college second language students learning strategies for developing language proficiency; development of related instructional materials; and description of the impact of instruction on students. The report gives an overview of the study itself, its purposes and organization, methodology, and results. The section on results addresses a number of issues, including selection of learning strategies; implementation of learning strategies instruction; students' use and perception of language learning strategies, for each year of the study; influence of language learning strategies on the students; and a general discussion of results. A concluding chapter summarizes the study and reports major accomplishments, dissemination activities, emerging issues, and future research directions. Substantial appended materials include a variety of questionnaires, pre- and posttests, a teacher interview guide and ranking scale, and sample learning strategies lessons. (MSE)